tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18769638Fri, 13 Sep 2024 02:39:32 +0000blabbering wombatphotographytravelgeek speakI-TkarachiGIKIchategyptpakistanCroftyRaptorgoogleAnecdoteRamadanT.S. Eliotbatch12bookscool videosfoodgangesimmad muzaffarislamabadpoetrywombatszzingBasimLEGOTurkeychussieidgaminggermanghalibglogsterhashimhi tech equipmentlahoremoodymusicpaulo coelhorawalpindirizvisnowglobeswitzerlandtoyswarehousing<i>Francophilia</i>http://blabbering-wombat.blogspot.com/noreply@blogger.com (Unknown)Blogger65125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18769638.post-191512251121523804Sun, 11 Oct 2009 20:30:00 +00002009-10-12T02:37:50.618+06:00blabbering wombatchatCrofty(*) Welcome to the Next Level says (00:21):my computer is on its way to depreciationsteampunk says (00:22):computers are always on their way to depreciation(*) Welcome to the Next Level says (00:22):but this one 'was' good.steampunk says (00:22):mine's like 4 months old and already suffering with old age(*) Welcome to the Next Level says (00:23):u were fooled into buying an old one to begin with http://blabbering-wombat.blogspot.com/2009/10/mmm.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Unknown)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18769638.post-6207039616436012189Sat, 22 Aug 2009 19:31:00 +00002009-08-23T16:51:44.356+06:00blabbering wombatfoodRamadanI have been having chicken noodle soup hankering since like 5:00 in the morning. It's all boey's fault actually. Boey is this 31 year old ethnically Chinese, born in Malaysia, schooled in Singapore, went to college in the US, working in California as animator/graphics designer guy who is famous for his styrofoam cup art.Anyway so today was the first day of Ramadan, and it was the weekend so as http://blabbering-wombat.blogspot.com/2009/08/khao-soy-ramazan.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Unknown)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18769638.post-7822980281479301665Tue, 11 Aug 2009 09:28:00 +00002009-08-11T15:36:52.799+06:00Anecdoteblabbering wombatmusicPat Benatar in my head sings: "We are young, Heartache to heartache we stand, No promises, No demands, Love is a battlefield ...." bahahahaha *shoots self* *tries making Whitesnake nudge out Pat Benatar* The voices in my head sing: "We're young ... here i go again ... heartache to ... on my own ... we stand ... only road ... no demand ... like a drifter ... is a battlefield ..."How about some http://blabbering-wombat.blogspot.com/2009/08/theres-always-song-playing-in-my-head.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Unknown)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18769638.post-5853482079479097401Mon, 13 Jul 2009 07:00:00 +00002009-07-13T13:07:08.334+06:00Just now, sitting at work, it randomly occured to me to do a tracert to the blabbering-wombat. Yes, yes, further testament to my hopelessly wandering mind (btw it is also thinking about OJ at the moment), when I should be actually working on some fancy shmancy analysis ... anyway so from work it is 17 hops to the blabbering wombat ... and one of em goes through Amsterdam (is seeing all the men http://blabbering-wombat.blogspot.com/2009/07/17-hops-to-blabbering-wombat.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Unknown)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18769638.post-1643635417828423451Tue, 09 Jun 2009 10:47:00 +00002009-07-12T03:20:23.368+06:00Anecdoteblabbering wombatShe checks the time ... "oh its nearly six! should call a cab otherwise it won't get here for ages, what with the rush hour traffic and all!".Picks up the phone, dials 2080808, the phone gets picked up by the system after a couple of rings ..."ahlan wasahlan bekum fi taaksi Dubai ... Welcome to Dubai Taxi ... al'al istamrar fil lughatul araabia wahid ... to continue in English press 2". She http://blabbering-wombat.blogspot.com/2009/06/lost-in-translation.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Unknown)6tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18769638.post-4451176582524955727Fri, 05 Jun 2009 12:34:00 +00002009-06-05T19:29:45.189+06:00blabbering wombatand this is the first post from Dubai ... for those following the countdown to salvation, salvation has arrived or rather arrived 1 month 17 days ago. Took its own sweet time but I take my nauseatingly sacchrine sweet time reporting it ... along with about gazillion other things I promised to tell but never did. I wonder if the time lost makes them irrelevant now?later!P.S. Time to update http://blabbering-wombat.blogspot.com/2009/06/i-missed-may.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Unknown)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18769638.post-5867405675261216173Sat, 11 Apr 2009 05:29:00 +00002009-04-11T10:50:20.084+05:00blabbering wombatOne of the blogs/pages I visit most often is All Things Pakistan. They posted about the 'Ojhri Camp blast' yesterday here, which happened 21 years ago. Ojhri camp is one of my earliest memories.I was 3 and it was my very first day at school, which was located in F-7 Islamabad ... a missile broke through our classroom wall and I have vague memory of adults picking up the children and running http://blabbering-wombat.blogspot.com/2009/04/day-in-life-of-blabbering-wombat-21.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Unknown)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18769638.post-3740920448261498963Thu, 09 Apr 2009 19:10:00 +00002009-04-10T00:18:41.095+05:00blabbering wombatOr post, blog just sounds cooler ... a dynamic one that will be created soon, and will be edited and reposted everytime there's an update ... this is to save myself from repeating the same details via phone, chat or email one million, three hundred and fifty seven thousand, nine hundred and thirty sixth time ...oh btw I missed March ... nearly two years of discipline gone down the drain! I blame http://blabbering-wombat.blogspot.com/2009/04/relocation-blog.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Unknown)1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18769638.post-7516977896015270374Tue, 03 Feb 2009 12:51:00 +00002009-02-13T02:22:38.670+05:00blabbering wombatI apologized to and re-established contact with a friend today I had broken off with some six to eight months ago. Was hard but it feels great. Some people are worth it. Since I borrow the title from Gorillaz, here is the song, no lyrical/interpretative relation, it's just a good songhttp://blabbering-wombat.blogspot.com/2009/02/feel-good-inc.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Unknown)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18769638.post-8526207042358533791Sat, 31 Jan 2009 07:33:00 +00002009-08-23T02:50:54.031+06:00blabbering wombatfoodSome things are jinxed from inception ... and I have evidence to prove it! Some months ago, I tried my hand at making tandoori chicken, and the results where quite encouraging, as per the evidence below:So encouraged by the initial success, I set out to make tandoori chicken again with results that stand solemn testament to murphy's law, i.e. anything that can go wrong, will go wrong!Given my 'http://blabbering-wombat.blogspot.com/2009/01/tandoori-chicken-fiasco.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Unknown)1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18769638.post-404851238426803638Wed, 31 Dec 2008 15:46:00 +00002008-12-31T20:49:06.438+05:00blabbering wombatSo the salvation counter has been extended ... from 15th December 2008 to 15th January 2009. There's hope though! for salvation that is!This post is coming two weeks too late ... and I've forgotten like 99% of the stuff I was going to write about. Anyway today is the last day of the year 2008. And this post is also to hail the new year in ... Happy New Year all!http://blabbering-wombat.blogspot.com/2008/12/salvation-delayed-oh-and-end-of-year.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Unknown)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18769638.post-7284399346218088508Sun, 30 Nov 2008 08:36:00 +00002008-12-13T00:42:56.636+05:00karachipakistanphotographyBrought to you by a cell phone camera in the absence of a real one. Taken during separate visits to seaview Karachi and sandspit Karachi. As always, clickit to bigit in a separate window.At Sandspit Karachi: Camels, sunset, wet sand and the setting sun reflecting off itAt seaview Karachi: The slightly reddish spots are the crabs. Always makes me wonder how these survive in the ultra-polluted waterhttp://blabbering-wombat.blogspot.com/2008/11/of-crabs-and-sunsets.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Unknown)1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18769638.post-2091618098031599946Fri, 24 Oct 2008 18:32:00 +00002008-10-25T01:53:07.917+06:00blabbering wombatLEGOtoysOf the things I got my hands on when I hadn't even learnt to walk, these were and still are the two of the most precious:Legoland 6040: "The Blacksmith Forge"Year: 1984 (that makes it older than me!)89 pieces, 2 figuresThis was an awesome little set. Though small in size it had not one, not two but FOUR alternate models!I absolutely loved the magical red beams and pillars that made a castle's http://blabbering-wombat.blogspot.com/2008/10/awesomeness-comes-in-166-pieces.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Unknown)3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18769638.post-6624713951477668184Fri, 17 Oct 2008 05:32:00 +00002009-06-05T19:33:32.306+06:00batch12blabbering wombatchatchussiGIKIrizviThe best chussis are utter accidents ... and I solemnly believe that they should be documented! Here's an exchange, which took place on facebook, as always after 3am in the morning.For those who don't understand Urdu, I've translated into English at the end of the post ... though that DOES take away the essence of itWhat is a 'Chussi' you ask me?Here is a wiki entry by one of the masters http://blabbering-wombat.blogspot.com/2008/10/documented-for-posterity.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Unknown)2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18769638.post-4798647640329340981Wed, 15 Oct 2008 04:09:00 +00002008-10-17T09:51:45.382+06:00blabbering wombat... towards the number 3000 and beyond!(click to enlarge)http://blabbering-wombat.blogspot.com/2008/10/silently-we-creep.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Unknown)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18769638.post-8440107401963138710Fri, 12 Sep 2008 19:46:00 +00002008-09-13T02:21:15.500+06:00blabbering wombatchatRaptorSince I have started to post chats that stand solemn testament to the insanity of people who stay awake at night at ungodly hours, here is an excerpt from a recent one with Raptor. Raptor a.k.a. Ali Ibraheem Rashid, drama queen, king of absurdity and procrastination, an accomplished chussar and a phenomenon unto himself ...13th September 2008..........blitzkrieg says (01:35):we'll send someone http://blabbering-wombat.blogspot.com/2008/09/rappy-crappy.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Unknown)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18769638.post-2004307898804910572Tue, 09 Sep 2008 19:20:00 +00002008-09-11T00:22:32.270+06:00blabbering wombatchatI-TRaptorThis can potentially happen to you if you're up too late, sleep very less, chatting on googletalk with a friend who's essentially crazy and both of you have spent a big part of your life studying physics, mathematics and computer science ...May 18th 20084:55 AMI-T: hellome: hioI-T: what are you doing up at this godforsaken hour :)me: trying to go to sleepI-T: you're feeling sleepy sleeeeeeeepy http://blabbering-wombat.blogspot.com/2008/09/potentially-explosive-and-highly.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Unknown)1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18769638.post-4483609146301260906Tue, 02 Sep 2008 19:23:00 +00002008-09-07T02:41:12.801+06:00geek speakgoogleUp till today, or rather yesterday, since I am, as usual, awake at an ungodly hour, chrome brought two things to my mind: fancy bathroom fittings or snazzy alloys that people invest into when they are trying to 'supe up' their cars (i hope that is the right spellings, i remember reading 'soup up' somewhere, but that really reminded me of a soup kitchen serving goulash) ... anyway, today we have ahttp://blabbering-wombat.blogspot.com/2008/09/chrome-d.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Unknown)2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18769638.post-331162450239856025Fri, 29 Aug 2008 09:32:00 +00002008-09-03T10:51:08.831+06:00blabbering wombatNo sir, chicken soup is not the only thing needed for the soul, rechargeable fans are just as important, especially if you live in Pakistan, and specifically Karachi.The other day, I woke up in the morning to no electricity, bumbled about in the dark, got dressed, went to work, came back to no electricity. In frustration went to sleep, woke up 10:30ish, had barely managed to get out of bed and http://blabbering-wombat.blogspot.com/2008/08/rechargeable-fan-for-soul.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Unknown)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18769638.post-5244191064381976378Mon, 25 Aug 2008 17:45:00 +00002008-08-26T11:35:17.042+06:00Croftygeek speakglogsterMany of us have tried doing quick funky graphics designing at one time or the other. Anything worth its salt requires time, effort and preferably loads of processing power. While stumbling around the internet today, I ran into Glogster. A site that claims you can 'poster yourself', and that too in 5 seconds. Essentially it is a flash based site with loads of background and artwork available, http://blabbering-wombat.blogspot.com/2008/08/glogster.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Unknown)2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18769638.post-5036487840023121756Sat, 23 Aug 2008 20:00:00 +00002008-08-24T02:05:28.819+06:00blabbering wombatLong ago, I celebrated here, the 400th visit as recorded by my faithful statcounter. Since then we have progressed nicely along, and with the last post, the one below this one, we have reached another milestone; one whole year of faithful blogging, at least one post every month in the past 12 months.*blog roll please*oops i mean drum roll! ^_^disappears into thin air *poof*http://blabbering-wombat.blogspot.com/2008/08/cause-to-celebrate.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Unknown)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18769638.post-1422996052697817877Fri, 22 Aug 2008 15:29:00 +00002008-08-24T02:09:07.584+06:00Basimbatch12CroftyGIKII-TSo I have a counter on my blog, which as is obvious counts the visits to here, and also comes bundled with a number of features including where the recent visitors came from and also the referring URL. While I was randomly clicking away at the referring URLs, one of them was a google search for I-T (Iqbal Talaat Bhatti's) blog. So I clicked away from link to link and this is what I stumbled http://blabbering-wombat.blogspot.com/2008/08/for-your-past-click-here.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Unknown)2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18769638.post-1258892659190161974Sun, 20 Jul 2008 20:31:00 +00002008-08-24T01:35:36.158+06:00gangesimmad muzaffarzzing19th July 2008 is one of the saddest days I've known in my 23 years. I lost a friend. It is one of those curve balls life throws at you. The ones you can't possibly do anything about. The ones that bowl you out, and you pick up and move on, hoping to bat another innings another day.At 26 years of age, Immad Muzaffar (ganges) passed away in his sleep due to a cardiac arrest. This goes out to you http://blabbering-wombat.blogspot.com/2008/07/farewell-my-friend.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Unknown)3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18769638.post-3071762328389831485Sat, 07 Jun 2008 16:52:00 +00002008-08-24T01:36:41.827+06:00pakistanphotographytravel... is one without boundarieswhere great outdoors is truly the great outdoors and one can actually go where the signposts point.I love road trips. Because you can see the land roll past. The green, brown, grey hills. The blue sky, sometimes sparkling, sometimes with white, grey, black clouds. Fields, green, gold, yellow. Like a massive patchwork quilt. Cities and rivers and lakes. But also http://blabbering-wombat.blogspot.com/2008/06/perfect-world.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Unknown)1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18769638.post-2961299788748387746Tue, 27 May 2008 05:10:00 +00002008-12-31T20:55:20.241+05:00http://blabbering-wombat.blogspot.com/2008/05/throw-rocks-at-boys.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Unknown)0